Control and Surveillance of Human African Trypanosomiasis : Report of a WHO Expert Committee.
This report provides information about new diagnostic approaches new therapeutic regimens and better understanding of the distribution of the disease with high-quality mapping. The roles of human and animal reservoirs and the tsetse fly vectors that transmit the parasites are emphasized. The new inf...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Geneva :
World Health Organization,
2013
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | This report provides information about new diagnostic approaches new therapeutic regimens and better understanding of the distribution of the disease with high-quality mapping. The roles of human and animal reservoirs and the tsetse fly vectors that transmit the parasites are emphasized. The new information has formed the basis for an integrated strategy with which it is hoped that elimination of HAT will be achieved. The report also contains recommendations on the approaches that will lead to elimination of the disease. Human African Tryponosomiasis (HAT) is a disease that afflicts populations. |
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| Item Description: | 5.2 Rhodesiense human African trypanosomiasis: clinical signs and symptoms. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (249 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9789240691728 9240691723 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
